One of the distinct privileges of membership in the Baseball Writers Association of America is the opportunity to vote for baseball's biggest end-of-season awards: MVP, Cy Young, Rookie of the Year and Manager of the Year.

Two BBWAA members representing each club vote for each award. So there are two NL MVP voters from the Baltimore-Washington chapter, two NL Cy Young voters, two NL Rookie of the Year voters and two NL Manager of the Year voters. (Because we have two teams in our chapter, we also get two voters a piece for each of the AL awards.)

In my 10 years as a BBWAA member, I've voted at least once for each of the awards, and I again had a vote for one of them this year. All votes had to be submitted by the end of play Sunday, and since the results aren't announced until mid-November, I'm sworn to secrecy and can't reveal who I voted for.

Here, though, are my picks for all eight BBWAA awards. You'll just have to wait another month to find out which one actually counted…

NL MVP: JOEY VOTTOThe Reds' 26-year-old first baseman did it all this year, smacking 37 homers, driving in 113 runs, batting .324 and leading the league in on-base percentage (.424), slugging (.600) and OPS (1.024). Throw in the fact he did it for the NL Central champs, anchoring Cincinnati's lineup all season, and he gets the nod over a deep field of candidates that perhaps featured four other players deserving of consideration: CarlosRead more »

Mark, how grateful are you that the Washington Post has its inane policy of not letting its writers vote for awards and Hall of Fame, like as if there's some conflict of interest there? You've worked so hard and it must be so gratifying to you to see those extra opportunities pop up for you to actually vote, because we all know how hard it is to make a contribution when you're spending so much time on the bench. I know that once my own ten years of MASN blogging are up and I join the BBWAA, I'll be so very happy to vote for Pudge Rodriguez as MVP because of the way he mentored our young players in between his hip replacement surgeries. You must have been so very proud when you cast your ballot this year, but sad at the same time that you couldn't include any Nationals on it.

I must disagree with few of your choices.NL MVP: Goes to Votto but I wouldn't consider CarGO as the second choice because I have seen his numbers at home and away. Not pretty. At home, he is 'God' and away he is just another average hitter. Call me crazy but I would put Ryan before CarGo. I know I am looking at just one stat but you can not deny that Coors is a hitters park. I will only appreciate one fact about CarGo that he kept Rockies in contention.AL MVP: If this race is decided by simply who made it to playoffs, then Cy Young should also be decided by wins. What Miguel did in Detroit is much impressive than Josh with Guerrero and co around him. Cabby had Austin, Ordonez and Boesch around him while Josh had Young, Guerrero, and Cruz. Miguel is also among AL leaders in all offensive categories despite playing in pitcher friendly park.Hard to disagree with your Cy young and ROY choices though. Buster has done an incredible job with Giants pitching. By far the best rookie in both leagues. Oh and I think as much as I hate him, Gaby deserves an honorary mention at least. As far as AL is concerned, it has sort of become a trend that closers take the award. Top of my head I know three: Neftali, Houston, and another A's closer. But Neftali is the clear winner. Had you asked me in July, it would have been Boesch.NL Manager: For me, it is close between Bud and Bobby. I wasn't really expecting much from Braves and Padres, SD more than ATL. But Bobby sort of made a comeback after ATL were in last place in May. My third place vote goes to Dusty though.AL Manager: Ron W. gets my vote because he was able to come over his personal issues and kept the team ahead of rest of the division throughout the season. Francona would be second for keeping Red Sox in contention for as long as they were despite many injuries to their key players. Ron G doesn't deserve as much recognition because he has played in a weaker division where the only competition they got was from ChiSox.

Just one crucial thing to add to "Debbi Taylor's" "question": Mark, what was your approach there? What a year it's been. Maybe someday the Nats will have a starter like Halladay or King Felix who is not on the disabled list.

My vote for AL manager of the year goes to Joe Maddon of the Rays; I heard him on the radio this morning and I thought; why can't we have a manager like this? Out of the box thinking; throws out old stupid rules like 'never make the 1st or 3rd out at 3rd base', 'never put the winning run on base', 'always bat lefties against righties and vice versa'. Uses research to put his team in the best position to win. I was blown away. He is also totally not concerned with the team's payroll budget; is not bitter about the potential loses of Crawford, Pena and his closer and expects to be in serious contention next year with a reduced budget; this is why his team was in the world series in 2008 with a 40 mil. payroll. BTW for NL MVP I got Votto,Pujols, Tulo and Zim in that order with the Gonzales boys at 5 and 6.

Solid choices Mark! I would be particularly interested in Gardenhire getting some attention for Manager of the Year. Like JD I also think that Joe Maddon is a real good choice–I like the way he communicates, and he's not afraid to bench a player for poor team play.Joey Votto is also distinguished by his being one of the few Canadians to smack the big league ball with authority—pay attention Blue Jays!

Nah, if you're going to pretend to be Debbi Taylor, all your questions have to provide the answer.Such as: "Adam, after seeing Livan struggle to get the win even though he's been pitching so well, it must be nice to provide some offense to get him the win, isn't it?"Or: "Drew, it must be really great for you to be able to come into a close ballgame like this and be able to pitch to a future hall-of-famer like Pudge. He must really have a calming influence on you and provide confidence in what you're pitching, doesn't he?"

Actually BQ; what Cabrera has done is even more remarkable since Magglio went on the DL with a broken ankle 10 weeks ago, and Carlos Guillen has also been out. Even Boesch has been pretty bad since the Allstar break after a great start to his season.

Identify the quote quiz: Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

Thank goodness you got Posey right. That guy carried that team's offense. Are you sure he isn't 30 years old?I agree with all your 1st place votes except off the top of my head for AL Manager of the Year I go with Ron Washington just because they were a big surprise and I expected the Twins to be there again and would have Buck Showalter 3rd and Maddon 4th and Francona 5th.I agree with Ryan Zimmerman in the Top 10 of MVP voting and probably #7 as I am a homer!Where do you see Desmond in the ROY voting? #6?

King Felix is a really tough choice for me. I know the stats are good. How does Seattle's park compare to NYC and Tampa, though? It's not the win loss that makes it tough for me it's the possibility of park effects. But admittedly I don't research other team's guys as much as the Nats so I trust your judgment.

Hernadez doesn't hold a candle to Sabathia or Price. Once again writers prove most of them are unqualified to vote and that they use these platforms to tell people what they think matters. You've become like politicians who forget it's their job to do what the want not what they want. You ever hear the joke about what do you call a sportswriter … a guy who'd be collecting welfare checks if he hadn't convinced his managing editor he knew nothing about sports.